One of the common excuses I hear from people when I suggest dietary changes is that healthy food is too expensive. When you compare calorie-for-calorie, the average price for a healthy diet is really only $1.50 more a day than an unhealthy one. So why does everyone think healthy food is more expensive? Learn more about our perceptions about cost vs health quality and how a healthy diet is ultimately cheaper.

I still get plenty of questions about what to eat surrounding workouts so this week I wanted to point people back to our Fueling Workouts series. This detailed series answers all your questions about what to eat, when to eat it, and how each macro-nutrient powers your performance.

I get messages all the time from frustrated dieters asking me why their weight loss has stalled. They all tell me how they’re eating right and exercising every day and for some reason it just stopped working. There are all kinds of possibilities, but one common problem I encounter all the time is that big bowl of oatmeal they eat every morning. Find out how it can sabotage your efforts and how to get back on track.

In our modern world of over-abundance, no one is ever going to be completely vitamin deficient, but most people don’t get an adequate amount. Since people don’t feel any symptoms from inadequacy, they just assume they’re either getting enough of what they need each day or all this talk of vitamins must not be important after all. The problem is that our bodies have evolved a simple trick to keep us going strong when our supply of vitamins is inadequate. Unfortunately, it does this by sacrificing your long-term health to ensure your short-term survival. Learn how investing in some simple nutrients now will pay off in the long run with a longer, healthier life.